Cash crop boom in Bangladesh’s hills puts ecosystems at risk

Published on March 18, 2026

The hill districts in the Chittagong region in Bangladesh have seen a large-scale switch from the traditional shifting agriculture, or jhum, to more profitable cash crop cultivation in recent years.

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